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>In a world where greed and individual selfishness is the one metric that is rewarded, guess how most people will behave. That in a system such as ours most peo
by daenz 7y ago
>In a world where greed and individual selfishness is the one metric that is rewarded, guess how most people will behave. That in a system such as ours most people are still good and altruistic and empathetic speaks volumes to how wrong that thesis is.
If the current system is based on rewarding greed, and systems like that make "most people" behave greedily, then why are "most people" behaving altruistically? Either our current system is not one that rewards greed, or you have a contradiction. This contradiction reveals a lot about how you view people and the system.
- andrepd 7y agoIt's not a contradiction. Our system rewards, promotes, glorifies unremitting greed, yet the average person is still not a profit-maximising fiend, with at least some considerations of morality, altruism, etc. This only contradicts the above thesis that humans are inherently greedy and selfish and capitalism merely mirrors (rather than promotes) this.
- daenz 7y agoYou said above that most people will do as the system rewards. Do you not see the contradiction? Let me make it very clear: 1) The current system rewards greed 2) Most people will do as the system rewards 3) Most people are not greedy One of those points is wrong.